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Michael Rubin contributes a wonderfully understandable treatise on
minor scales:
Deb,
There are many minor scales. Each one has creates a sad or dark
feeling when played. Some sound more middle eastern than others.
Each type of minor scale creates a slightly different take on feeling
sad or dark.<major clippage>
Michael, thank you once again for sharing your deep insights and
knowledge of practical aspects of playing music.
You have a real gift for translating complex musical principles in a way
that even a music theory idiot like me can understand. Much like
Winslow, you carry an encyclopedic knowledge of music especially geared
for harmonica players. I think you should write another book,
"Harmonica-centric Music Theory For The Rest of Us," or "A Handbook For
Playing Harmonica In A Band -- Correctly." It would complement Winslow's
excellent tome with a slightly different "bent."
Why not formalize all the hard work you've put into acquiring your
expansive body of knowledge and share it more widely with folks who
could really use it? That would benefit you as well as those of us who
seek to escape the category of "harmonica hackers." I think it would be
unfortunate to restrict the availability of such knowledge to your group
of private students and a few gems -- like this post -- here and there
on Harp-L. It's more valuable than that.